By Akani Nkuna
Build One South Africa’s (BOSA) Cape Town mayoral candidate Roger Solomons said on Saturday the city was not broken but “unfinished”, using his nomination acceptance speech to frame the 2026 local government elections as a contest over affordability, housing, safety and whether growth reaches residents across the city.
Solomons, BOSA’s national spokesperson, is entering a widening race to challenge the Democratic Alliance’s control of South Africa’s only DA-run metro.
“The next chapter for Cape Town must be a deliberate shift, from stability to shared progress, where growth, safety and opportunity are experienced across the whole city. Administrative competence and relative stability have been achieved, and that must be acknowledged,” he said.
“But competence alone does not create justice, and stability alone does not create inclusion. I am not stepping up to lead Cape Town because I believe the city is broken. I am stepping up, because I
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